The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-01

going uONn stairs 10 see WHAT Time IL
! is"
SO Hal CROPPED his way down stairs
into the Kitchen. and finding Il match.
lit the lamp that he had left ON the
table the night before.
.'GoodneSS. Minty," he screamed.
.'it's half-past seven O'clock. asd as
dark a. pitch still "What does it
mean?'
but before Minty got down stairs,
be had discovered the mranin" of it.
..Minty." said he. when She came
into the room, looking a little pale and
frightened, don't be afI;lid. hut
| think we are buried up i'm the snow; so
your fears last might weren't for moth
ing. after all. | thought it was an
amazingly long night. 1t must be that
we have slept all day. and its evening
now"
'-Oh. dear. Hal, how can YOU talk so
cOolly about it?' said Minty. bursting
into - flood of ,ieSpairinS Tears. IF
could only see papa and mamma once
more! but. of course. they can't get To
u>, and
NONSENSE" said Hal, intprrupting
her. I'VE shall probably see them a
great many times more. Do YOU think.
if there : anybody left above the snow.
that they won't come anil dir III out:
Do You think papa would leave III here
long. buried alive la this wan. ii there
Were amy such thing AZ finding us in the
snow bank? and of course there l.. for
every body knows just where the house
stands. and the drifts cant bc a. high
~ this in many places. II We can only
keep warm, and thcrc'S enough to eat
i'm the hou>r. We might live here long,
long time.
Il don't see why we can't keep
warm. said Minty. Theirs plenty of
wood. and. a. for having enough to eat.
I'm sure | could cook something if We
shouldn't have. IT, drradfuily cold
here now. DO lets have fire.
why. don't Won -" we cant Mimly?
| WIS going To make ON" when first
came down. but the chimney j. all filled
mp with SHOW. and the smoke cant get
out. of course: AMI il would ali come
info the room. and choke us IN death,
perhaps.
Minty'S face took the detected ex-
PRECISION a@ain.
I'VE shall have to creep into he'd. or
sit up wrapped in blankets" laughed
Hal
But il wasn't Il very rhccry laugh.
though he tried 10 make il "a for
Minty'> sake To tell the truth he WAS
almost ~ much frightened H. she was.
II seemed Ia Ice such fearful thing tn
hc imprisoned I'm that way: and how
lon% one could live. to br shut away 80
from the air and light, hc roul,in' 1 tell.
What if they should never STE their
father and mother any more?
We'll. Mimty," said hc. after little
silence. Il must go ami feed the poor
COWS. They've been lowing in their
stall. for some time. ! suppose they re-
dreadfully hungry. And I'm dread
fully hungry myself. too: aren't you?"
Minty thought she was. though she
hadn't noticed il before. and while Hal
was looking TO the COWS, She looked
about for something for thcir breakfast.
Oh, if they could only have some hot
coffee or tea. she thought il might IT,
vive their dropping spirits; and then
she was SD chilled How nice even hot
water would be! Then such bri ghi
idea popped into her head. She could
put some water into tin basin,
and heat it over a lamp. Her mother
did 50 once when Hal was sick in the
night. when there was no fire in the
house, and she wanted To make him
some herb-tea. So, lighting the large
lamp, she proceeded tn try the expert
ment. and with the most satisfactory
results.
When Hal came i'm from the barn he
found steaming cup of coffee beside
his plate, and Minty WAS slipping hers
quite composedly. She even smiled ut
the look of surprise he gave it.
"Minty. you're brickr' said he,
when he had learned the mystery, land
we are all right now, for one end of
the barn isn't covered, I'm sure; | can
see the light through the chinks: and
though it's the side where there are
neither windows nor door. we shall get
little fresh air through the cracks.
We shan't he stiIled. any way"
So they ate their breakfast quite
cheerfully, i'm spite of every thing; and
after that was over, they warmed their
numb hands in the lamp-biaze. and
bringing down great pile of blankets,
wrapped themselves up in them, nest
ling together in great chair with their
arms around each others necks.
..NnM. lets tell stnIieS.n said Hail: